CHAPTER 571: CHAPTER 536: THE TECHNOLOGY ON THE BROOCH

Perfikot dismantled the copied breastpin and conducted a very detailed analysis and study of it.

Originally, she thought the key core of the breastpin was the Gem. Before dismantling it, Perfikot had tested the breastpin and confirmed that the energy source of the breastpin was indeed the Gem, and that the deployment of the shield was also the effect of the Gem.

From this perspective, it seemed that the base of the breastpin was merely decorative, just to conveniently allow the Gem to be worn.

However, in fact, after Perfikot dismantled the breastpin and analyzed it, she arrived at a somewhat unbelievable conclusion: the reason this breastpin could be called a Divine Artifact was primarily due to the base, not the Gem.

Indeed, the Gem provided the entire breastpin with an energy source, and generating a shield was also the Gem’s effect, but the base effectively utilized the Gem’s energy to provide the wearer with continuous state recovery.

Although this recovery effect was not strong, it excelled in long-term sustainability, ensuring that long-term wearers could maintain a very good and healthy body.

Moreover, this was not the key point; the presence of the base effectively enhanced the energy utilization efficiency of the Gem and amplified its effects.

Because she was working with a replica, Perfikot didn’t hold back and conducted somewhat destructive tests on the breastpin base and Gem.

The test results proved that the Gem itself indeed had the function of activating a shield, but the duration of this shield was only three minutes, and its defensive capability was reduced from originally withstanding a squad of Steam Knights to just a single one.

From this, one could discern the astonishing technology employed on the base of the breastpin and how wasteful the original enchantment within the Gem was.

It should be noted that the base neither increased the Gem’s energy nor its consumption, it simply amplified the Gem’s original performance.

From this, it’s clear how astonishing the technology used on the base was, and just how wasteful the original enchantment within the Gem was, with a nearly tenfold disparity between them.

The Gem itself was about the size of a pigeon egg, with a pure, orange-red hue akin to a warm sun, with a crystal-clear texture that, even to her eyes, was almost free of impurities.

Such a Gem, regardless of the circumstances, was extremely rare and precious.

Using it as alchemy material was, of course, no problem, but the prerequisite was that one’s craftsmanship couldn’t be too poor; otherwise, it would indeed be a squander.

In Perfikot’s view, the craftsmanship of the gemstone artisan who made this Gem was really nothing extraordinary; after all, limited by the era’s development, a craftsman hundreds or thousands of years ago could not have possibly cut the Gem into eight hearts and eight arrows.

Hence, in terms of gemstone cutting and processing, Perfikot largely skipped over it.

But compared to the forgivable gemstone processing craft, the Alchemist who added shield functions and energy absorption capabilities to this Gem had a skill level that was truly disheartening.

This isn’t to say that the Alchemist’s skill was poor. Being able to stabilize a Shield Skill within a Gem and allow the Gem to recharge itself inherently showcased technical skill.

Yet, in Perfikot’s opinion, this was simply a waste of valuable materials.

For such a pure and beautiful Gem, why use it for this, when something better could have been made?

If it were just the Gem itself, Perfikot might have thought perhaps it was due to the limitations of ancient gemstone artisans’ skills or the level of alchemy at the time.

But compared to the stunning technology on the base, the enchantment techniques on the Gem seemed highly crude.

Especially after she thoroughly researched and understood how ancient artisans added various special effects to the Gem, she looked down even more on those ancient craftsmen.

This isn’t a modern person’s criticism of the ancients but, as an Alchemist, a disdain towards the technology itself after understanding how ancient craftsmen achieved it.

Because after detailed research, she confirmed that the reason this Gem could activate a shield to repel attacks was due to its core factor: Divinity.

Indeed, Divinity also existed in these Divine Artifacts.

It wasn’t just this breastpin; it encompassed all the Divine Artifacts that Perfikot currently possessed.

The myriad powerful effects could all ultimately be attributed to the concept of Divinity.

The Divine effects produced by different deities varied, but this was just an external representation; inherently, they were the uniqueness of Divinity itself.

This special force, born from the belief of countless beings, was essentially a concretization of will asserting influence on reality.

As believers harbored various expectations and worshiped deities, when this worship and expectation manifested in reality, it imparted different effects, applying varying changes to actuality.

Exemplified by the Gem on this breastpin in Perfikot’s hands, ancient believers’ worship of a deity whose power was related to protection allowed the deity’s authority to manifest in reality, altering it based on concepts of repelling attacks and deploying defense.

And this concept, encased within the Gem, solidified the authority into the Gem, allowing the appropriate authority to be wielded using this Gem.

Thus, Perfikot found it hard to express admiration or praise for the Gem itself.

On the contrary, she lavishly praised the craftsmanship of the breastpin’s base, seeing it as the true embodiment of an alchemist’s wisdom and strength.

Or one could understand it this way: the Divinity within the Gem is the gunpowder, the enchantment aimed at the Gem turned the Divinity into a shell, and the base acted as the barrel that fired this shell.

Admittedly, the power of the shell depended on the potency of the gunpowder within, but for the shell to fully exert its expected power, it relied on how fast and far the barrel could fire it.

And the shell, housing the gunpowder, also played an indispensable role within this system.

However, it became evident that, in this breastpin, the gunpowder was top-notch, the barrel was top-notch, but the shell... uninspiring.

After her incisive critique, Perfikot analyzed all the technologies used on the breastpin, with the base’s part giving her significant inspiration, prompting her to decide to create some new things based on the learned techniques.

Divine Artifacts were off the table, though, as although she still had several Ancestral Spirits captured earlier, extracting Divinity for such purposes seemed wasteful.

Perfikot’s plan was to emulate the breastpin and replicate a batch of equipment capable of generating shields using her own technology, applying them to her two Knight Orders.